Vintage Airchecks of the 1980's and 1990's

As the 1970s gave way to the 1980s and then the 1990s, American radio underwent a profound transformation. The death of the radio star arrived with the birth of MTV in 1981, and a new generation—Generation X—came of age waiting by the speaker with a tape recorder, hoping the DJ wouldn't talk over the song they wanted for a homemade mix tape. This collection captures the sound of those changing decades, from the rise of talk radio on the AM dial to the local personalities who kept communities connected before monopolies, the Internet, and satellite radio changed terrestrial radio forever.

Collection Highlights

Rebroadcasts of historic station moments, including a 1988 weekend-long reunion of Cleveland's legendary WIXY 1260 AM on Oldies station WMJI.
Extensive airchecks from WNIR in Kent, Ohio—a rare, family-owned station that remained live and local well into the 21st century, featuring the unforgettable "Dial a Date" show with host Jim Albright, a pre-Internet dating phenomenon where callers found romance over the airwaves.
An extraordinary cross-section of American radio spanning from 1980 to 1999, with airchecks from iconic callsigns like WABC New York, KMET Los Angeles, KFRC San Francisco, WLS Chicago, and many more, offering a time capsule of the coming-of-age of Generation X.

Track Listing

Show all 354 tracks (361 hours, 28 min)

19800000 WKQX Chicago
19800218 WISM Madison
19800220 KFI Los Angeles
19800220 WPIX New York
19800301 KMET Los Angeles
19800303 KMET Los Angeles
19800312 KWST Los Angeles
19800508 WKRQ Cincinnati
19800529 WMGK Philadelphia
19800607 WRCK Chicago
19800627 WGAR Cleveland
19800627 WWWE Cleveland
19800705 WLS Chicago
19800714 WRCK Chicago
19800717 WLUP Chicago
19800812 WPAT New York
19800825 WLIR Long Island
19800827 KSHE St Louis
19800827 KWK St. Louis
19801010 KHJ Los Angeles
19801114 KSAN San Francisco
19801117 KWST West Los Angeles
19801126 WABC New York
19801204 KMET Los Angeles
19801208 WPLJ New York
19801211 KJLH Compton
19801211 KMET Los Angeles
19801213 KFRC Sandy Francisco
19801217 KYA San Francisco
19810000 MBS New York City
19810000 WKDD Akron
19810000 WNIR Kent
19810330 WCCO Minneapolis
19810418 KFI Los Angeles
19810530 KFI Los Angeles
19810530 KFI, Los Angeles
19810622 WLIR Long Island
19810715 KWIN Stockton
19810727 KSFX San Francisco
19810800 WPGQ Atlantic City
19810814 KIQQ Los Angeles
19810825 KMET Los Angeles
19810827 KWST Los Angele
19810922 WMMS Cleveland
19811012 WLAW Whitehall
19811019 KLOS Los Angeles CA
19811100 WCAU Philadelphia
19811108 WKTU New York
19811122 KFRC San Francisco
19811224 WBZ Boston
19811224 WWDC Washington DC
19811228 KLOS Los Angeles
19811231 KRTH Los Angeles
19811231 WMET Chicago
1982000 WWDC Washington DC
19820000 WHK Cleveland
19820000 WNBC New York
19820100 KSJO San Jose
19820101 WABC New York
19820103 WJR Detroit
19820116 WIFI Philadelphia
19820128 KFRC San Francisco
19820210 KUSF San Francisco
19820401 WWDC Washington DC
19820403 WMAL Washington DC
19820405 KVIL Dallas
19820415 KIQQ Los Angeles
19820415 WNBC New York
19820501 Top 40 Countdown
19820505 KWST Los Angeles
19820507 WABC New York
19820517 XEWW Los Angeles
19820518 WEEI Boston
19820615 WPLJ New York
19820700 KLOS Los Angeles
19820702 KMEL San Francisco
19820702 WCAU Philadelphia
19820724 WGAR Cleveland
19820808 WAVA Washington DC
19820903 WGAR Cleveland
19820911 American Top 40
19820917 KFOG San Francisco
19821107 KEZY Anaheim
19821111 XETRA San Diego
19821111 XETRA Tijuana
19821120 WMAL Washington DC
19821130 XETRA San Diego
19830000 WMJI Cleveland
19830115 WMAL Washington DC
19830126 KFRC San Francisco
19830204 XEWW Tijuana San Diego
19830210 WWWE Cleveland
19830212 WMAL Washington DC
19830416 American Top 40
19830501 WMET Gaithersburg
19830522 WRRO Warren
19830611 WMAL Washington DC
19830613 KFI Los Angeles P1
19830613 KFI Los Angeles P2
19830702 WPLJ New York
19830703 WPLJ New York
19830730 WMAL Washington DC
19830825 KKHR Los Angeles
19830905 KFI Los Angeles
19830910 WAXY Miami
19830910 WMAL Washington DC
19831005 KPRZ Los Angeles
19831010 WNBC New York
19831014 KFRC San Francisco
19831014 KKGO Los Angeles
19831029 WMAL Washington DC
19831100 WUSS Atlantic City
19831105 WMAL Washington DC
19831123 KSHE St Louis 1
19831123 KSHE St Louise 2
19831123 KSHE St. Louis
19831125 KPRI San Diego
19831224 WMAL Washington DC
19831226 WHHY Montgomery
19840000 WNBC New York
19840125 KLOS Los Angeles
19840209 WGAR Cleveland 6AM to 8AM
19840209 WGAR Cleveland 8AM to 10AM
19840407 KRTH Los Angeles
19840416 KKHR Los Angeles
19840418 KKHR Los Angeles
19840509 KKHR Los Angeles
19840512 KMET Los Angeles
19840524 WLUP Chicago
19840608 KFRC San Francisco
19840619 WAAF Boston P2
19840723 WLIR Garden City
19840730 KKHR Los Angeles
19840730 KKHR, Los Angeles
19840811 WMAL Washington DC
19840821 KKHR Los Angeles
19840825 KMEL San Francisco P1
19840825 KMEL San Francisco P2
19841031 KRLA Los Angeles
19841100 KMEL San Francisco
19850000 KKHR Los Angeles
19850000 KKHR, Los Angeles
19850000 KRLA Pasadena
19850000 WMMS Cleveland 2
19850000 WMMS Cleveland
19850211 KLOS Los Angeles
19850228 KKHR Los Angeles
19850420 WMAL Washington DC
19850430 WNBC New York
19850521 KMET Los Angeles
19850615 WMAL Washington DC
19850720 WMAL Washington DC
19850831 WMAL Washington DC
19851024 KKHR Los Angeles
19851101 WONE Akron
19851109 WMAL Washington DC
19851118 WXRK New York
19851129 KFRC San Francisco
19851207 Top 40 Satellite Survey
19851228 WMAL Washington DC
19860000 KPQP San Diego
19860111 Top 40 Countdown
19860116 WMAL Washington DC
19860201 WMAL Washington DC
19860215 WMAL Washington DC
19860217 MBS Washington DC
19860317 KRTH Los Angeles
19860322 KKHR Los Angeles
19860322 WMAL Washington DC
19860522 KKGO Los Angeles
19860700 WLVY Elmyra
19860708 WPLJ New York
19860710 WHTZ New York
19860804 WDAY Fargo
19860917 KLOS Los Angeles
19861000 KPWR Los Angeles
19861027 KIIS Los Angeles
19861124 KIIS Los Angeles
19861220 WMAL Washington DC
19870000 WPLJ New York
19870000 WYSP Philadelphia P2
19870000 WZAK Cleveland
19870115 WMAL Washington DC
19870207 WMAL Washington DC
19870315 KIIS Los Angeles
19870324 WHYI Miami
19870406 WHTZ New York
19870418 WGLI Babylon
19870523 American Top 40
19870530 WXRK New York
19870705 WMMS Cleveland
19870900 WDEX DeKalb
19871109 WOGL Philadelphia
19871120 MBS Washington DC
19871123 WLIR Garden City NY
19880000 WPLJ New York
19880310 WXRX New York
19880600 WMMS Cleveland
19880801 KFAB Omaha
19880827 Top 40 Countdown
19880830 WXRK New York
19880930 WMJI Cleveland P1
19880930 WMJI Cleveland P2
19881007 WFAN New York
19881105 WMAL Washington DC
19881222 WMAL Washington DC
19881229 WWWE Cleveland
19890114 WMAL Washington DC
19890501 WRKO Boston
19890501 WWDB Philadelphia
19890516 KQLZ Los Angeles
19890708 American Top 40
19890711 KITS San Francisco
19891031 KKLQ San Diego
19900000 KLOS Los Angeles
19900000 WNIR Kent
19900108 WSB Atlanta
19900301 KCBQ San Diego
19900817 KODJ Los Angeles
19900822 WABC New York
19900827 KQLZ Los Angeles
19900929 Top 30 Countdown
19901018 WABC New York
19901025 WABC New York
19901103 American Top 40
19910000 KFRC San Francisco
19910000 KIIS Los Angeles
19910000 KTWV Los Angeles
19910000 WKDD Akron
19910000 WMJI Cleveland
19910000 WNIR Kent P1
19910000 WNIR Kent P2
19910000 WNIR Kent P3
19910000 WNIR Kent P4
19910000 WNIR Kent P5
19910000 WNIR Kent P6
19910000 WNIR Kent P7
19910000 WNIR Kent P8
19910000 WNIR Kent P9
19910326 WABC New York
19910423 WABC New York
19910517 KIKF Garden Grove
19910521 WWBZ Chicago
19910525 KRTH Los Angeles
19910600 WBLM Portland
19910600 WRBQ Tampa
19910624 KIIS Los Angeles
19910725 KLSF Los Angeles
19911019 WWBZ Chicago
19911020 WRKS New York
19911105 Armed Forces Radio Riverside
19911117 WSB Atlanta
19920103 WNEW New York
19920205 KMPC Los Angeles
19920216 WWBZ Chicago
19920405 KJQY San Diego P1
19920405 KJQY San Diego P2
19920424 WSB Atlanta
19920600 KNAC Long Beach
19920820 KRTH Los Angeles
19920822 KRTH Los Angeles
19920901 WWBZ Chicago
19921111 WWBZ Chicago
19930000 WMAL Washington DC
19930000 WMJI Cleveland
19930200 KMET Los Angele
19930315 KRTH Los Angeles
19930430 WABC New York
19931127 KLSX Los Angeles
19931127 KLSX Phoenix
19940000 KLSX Phoenix
19940000 WCBS New York
19940000 WPLJ New York
19940000 WZKL Alliance
19940306 KCBS Los Angeles
19940415 KTWV Los Angeles
19940617 KCAL Los Angeles
19940901 KSCA Los Angeles
19941028 WMAL Washington DC
19941108 KSCA Los Angeles
19950303 KCLX San Diego
19950422 WMAL Washington DC
19950615 KKBH San Diego
19951027 WMAL Washington DC
19951119 WCBS New York
19951201 WZOO Ashtabula
19960000 WNIR Kent P1
19960000 WNIR Kent P2
19960000 WNIR Kent P3
19960300 KRTH Los Angeles
19960416 WRTK Youngstown
19960500 KFMB San Diego
19960510 WOGL Philadelphia
19960715 KBZT San Diego
19960715 KGB San Diego
19960718 WFAN New York
19960729 KRTH Los Angeles
19961214 WMAL Washington DC
19970115 KTWV Los Angeles
19970217 KLOS Los Angeles
19970228 WMAL Washington DC
19970303 WOR New York
19970304 KOLA Riverside San Bernardino
19970626 WOR New York
19970800 KOST Los Angeles
19970818 KLOS Los Angeles P1
19970818 KLOS Los Angeles P2
19970912 KNEW San Francisco
19970915 WOR New York
19970918 WABC New York
19970918 WCBS New York
19971111 WZBQ Tuscaloosa
19980103 KCBS Los Angeles
19980110 KRTH Los Angeles
19980116 KLOS Los Angeles
19980425 WXIL Parkersburg Marietta
19980504 WZTA Miami
19980505 KJRF Seattle
19980530 WPLL Fort Lauderdale
19980608 KGHZ Honolulu
19980619 KXGL San Diego P1
19980619 KXGL San Diego P2
19980619 KXGL San Diego
19980703 KXGL San Diego
19980705 KRTH Los Angeles
19980730 WBIC Ruston
19980812 KPLN San Diego
19980916 KGB San Diego
19981007 WCBS New York
19981106 KBZT San Diego
19981120 KBZT San Diego
19981127 WMAL Washington DC
19981205 WBCQ Monticello
19981208 KOLN San Diego
19990125 KBZT San Diego P1
19990125 KBZT San Diego P2
19990125 KBZT San Diego
19990213 WCBS New York NY P1
19990213 WCBS New York NY P2
19990217 KBZT San Diego
19990225 KPLN San Diego
19990226 KPLN San Diego
19990430 WENZ Cleveland
19990430 WMAL Washington DC
19990507 WXRX New York
19990513 KRTH Los Angeles
19990513 KRTH, Los Angeles
19990514 KCBS Los Angeles
19990514 KRTH Los Angeles
19990624 WRWD Hudson Valley
19990908 KGMZ Honolulu
19991109 WXRX New York
19991126 WKBN Youngstown P1
19991126 WKBN Youngstown P2

Historical

Vintage Airchecks of the 1980's and 1990's